Grand Theft Auto IV on PC Officially Announced

Yes ladies and gentlemen, after all the rumors and various little titbits, Rockstar’s huge console hit is taking a turn into the PC alley. GTA IV on PC is official and lands on your hard disk on November 18th in North America and November 21st in EUROPE.

Grand Theft Auto IV will be arriving on the PC this November, bringing all of the rich immersive narrative experience found in the console versions, along with newly expanded multiplayer just for the PC.

Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC debuts on November 18th in North America and on November 21st in Europe. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more details. 

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI Lands Sept 5th

Press Release:

KOEI today announced that Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI will be released across Europe on PC this September. RTK XI is the latest instalment in this award-winning strategy series but the first to be released in Europe on PC. Combining political manoeuvring with city building and tactical warfare, RTK XI is a tremendously involving experience that will appeal to PC strategists of all flavours. It will be available in stores and online from September 5.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI website is now live and the playable demo can be downloaded here for free. Head to the link below to learn more about the game’s devious politics, where you get to duel directly with fellow leaders. Discover more about the ways in which you can develop your city into the capital of a thriving empire. And find out about all of the intricate details which combine to make RTK XI a genuinely epic, time devouring experience.

www.rotk.co.uk

The free roller MMORPG Street Gears unveils its races

Press Release:

Announced on the 8th of May, Street Gears, the upcoming free roller MMORPG of the gPotato Europe portal, unveils itself to the public. Gala Networks Europe unveils the functioning of the races and their different mods. Street Gears is still scheduled in open beta on the second half of June 2008.

The races are an important part of the gameplay of Street Gears. From the persistent city of Park Town, the players can go into exciting races on the different tracks available. Eight tracks will be available at the release of the game but frequent content addition will be made by the development team during the month after. The tracks are classified by difficulty in order to allow the less experienced riders to have as much fun as the most famous roller stars, and different game mods are available on each track. Read more

Ubisoft to Publish Fallout 3 in Europe

4-Players.de received a press release from french games publisher/developer Ubisoft which states the company will be publishing Fallout 3 in Europe.

Ubisoft has gone into agreement with Bethesda Softworks and has become the seller of the post-apocalyptic role-playing game in large parts of Europe, including Germany, Switzerland and Austria. This comes from a press release of the publisher. In this it stays with the indicated release date of Autumn this year. Alain Corre, Executive Directorf with Ubisoft knows that expectations are enormous for the popularly anticipated sequel and is sure, “that Fallout 3 will have the success of the earlier blockbuster, like for example TES IV: Oblivion”.

Thanks, TMA

NCsoft Europe Presents Lineage II Feature – Hellbound & Steel Citadel

Sorry for the slow news day guys. The author of this site has been really sick :(

NCSoft has released some more info for their recently announced Lineage II: Collector’s Edition.

NCsoft Europe presents a new Lineage II feature – Hellbound & Steel Citadel. These are the two new high level areas that will launch with the Collector’s Edition on the 25th April – giving players a greater challenge to tackle.Since the introduction of the high-level grounds called Hellbound in The Kamael, adventurers have been seeking a way into the deadly Steel Citadel and battle the epic boss Beleth himself. Now with the new update they have the chance they’ve been waiting for. After earning an extremely high level of trust from the Hellbound natives, adventurers will soon learn from them how to gain access into the Steel Citadel and the riches within—if they dare. In fact, players should make sure their characters hit the new level cap (Level 85) before going in.

Full Press release and 8 new screenshots after the break. Read more

Warhammer Online Special Edition To Have Only 55,000 Copies

If you live in Europe and digg Warhammer games, make sure to pre-order the special edition of Warhammer: Online early. According to EA Mythic, “only” 55,000 units are being made.

Included in the special edition will be a copy of the game, “Art of Warhammer Online” - 224 page book, Grumlok and Gazbag miniatures (assembly and painting required) and “Prelude to War” - 128 page hard cover graphic novel.

Special Edition buyers will also be able to enjoy the following exclusive in-game content:

• The Librams of Insight - XP gain modifier, 60 minute duration, 3 uses
• Player character heads - 12 unique, male and female
• Quest rewards and titles - 12 bonus quests, 12 item rewards and 12 player titles

Thanks, VideoGamer.com

Company of Heroes: Gold Edition now available on steam

Now available on Steam, Company of Heroes: Gold Edition bundles the award-winning real-time strategy game, Company of Heroes, and its expansion, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, for the low price of $39.95.

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